This Week's Hot Purchases

[soze]

Samsung 8GB Micro SDHC Plus Memory Card (Class 6) - Mobiles at Play.com (UK)

Maybe not for everyone and not cheap by ebay standard for a 8GB Micro SD, but this is worth it in a speed test vs my Class 6 card from ebay this Samsung was easily 4 times faster and the camera on my phone is so much quicker as a result.

 

[Yaka]

cheap shit on ebay specially for memcards and usb stuff are just 3rd rebadged that will most likly fail after a couple of months

 

[Overdriven]

HIS HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI Display Port Out PCI-E.. | Ebuyer.com

From this retailer (which we all trust) this is pretty good. Seen it for a little cheaper (£10 less or so) in some other stores, but this is pretty good. Especially for the £100-£120 range, good card.

 

[Ch3tan]

Yep, I'm trying to decide between this and the xfx 5770 from oc.co.uk, which is at £130.

Where have you seen it cheaper please OD?

 

[Overdriven]

Scan.co.uk: HD-577X-ZNFC - 1GB XFX HD 5770, PCI-E 2.1, 4800MHz GDDR5, GPU 850MHz, 800 Cores, DP/ DVI/ HDMI - £106 (only one out of the others I have any experience with, and the cheapest atm to boot)

 

[Ch3tan]

That's an unclocked xfx card. The xfx on oc.co.uk has better specs, think the HIS at ebuyer may be worth spending the extra on compared to that scan one too.

 

[Scouse]

IF 5770's are good bargains at the moment it shows me that my 4850 still has plenty of 'oompf' left in it. And considering I paid about 110 for that about 18 months ago...

 

[dysfunction]

This looks very reasonable:

Seagate FreeAgent 1TB External Hard Drive USB 32MB.. | Ebuyer.com

 

[Kryten]

ebuyer have a 5770 in for £103.

 

[Ch3tan]

Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII.. | Ebuyer.com

£40.99

 

[dysfunction]

When are Samsung going to make a SATA III drive


I could get this I suppose:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/198228?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products

 

[Fast]

Buytech.co.uk :: Computing :: Cleaning Products :: DVD Laser Lens Cleaner DVD Cleaning fluid

 

[Ch3tan]

Plexus Gold Plated V1.4 HDMI to HDMI Cable Black - 2.. | Ebuyer.com

Only £2.99 for a 2m HDMI cable using promocode: HDMIDEAL

 

[Kryten]

Starman pointed out this useful bit of kit yesterday

ADVENT Vega Internet Tablet at cheap prices | PC World

Very cheap for a very well specced iPad-basher. Only downside is no wireless-N if you wanted to stream HD video but otherwise a damned good looking bit of kit.

 

[dysfunction]

Starman pointed out this useful bit of kit yesterday

ADVENT Vega Internet Tablet at cheap prices | PC World

Very cheap for a very well specced iPad-basher. Only downside is no wireless-N if you wanted to stream HD video but otherwise a damned good looking bit of kit.

For some reason I prefer this one for £20 more...

ARCHOS 101 Internet Tablet - 8GB at cheap prices | PC World

 

[Mauness]

its a shame there using android, im pretty sure all android based tablets are meh atm as the OS hasnt been designed to run on one at all.

 

[Ch3tan]

Yep someone on Off=topic got the archos 101, it's very good according to them. And so so cheap for what you get.

 

[Tom]

I'd wait. This might be very cool:

Binary Countdown Points At Notion Ink Adam Launch Or Pre-Order On December 9th | Android News, Reviews, Applications, Games, Phones, Devices, Tips, Mods, Videos, Podcasts - Android Police

 

[inactionman]

Very tempted with that. The only box it doesn't tick from my crieria is 720p, but the better display tech (Pixel Qi) may mean I can compromise on it.

 

[dysfunction]

How about this!

Acer Iconia first hands-on! (update: video!) -- Engadget

 

[inactionman]

Nice gimmick, but hear about problems that it can't cope with people rest their hands/fingers on the lower touchscreen (keyboard).

 

[Kryten]

Gigabyte GTX 460 OC 1GB GDDR5 OC Edition Dual DVI HDMI.. | Ebuyer.com

Thats a GTX460 for 140 notes.

 

[dysfunction]

This seems like a good deal!

SanDisk 16GB Micro SDHC Memory Card - Mobiles at Play.com (UK)

£16 for a 16GB SDHC Card!

 

[Kryten]

Keep an eye on ATI 5870 - Reports coming in they are due to drop to £190. I've already seen one for 180 on a one day only but a damned good card for naff all money.


oooh : http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-136-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1502

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/248887

 

[Kryten]

Sapphire HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort.. | Ebuyer.com

5770 at £95 inc VAT and free delivery. Might be quite a basic card now but mine has yet to miss a beat or slow me down. Probably not the best idea if you're gaming at 1920x1080 but damned good for the money.

 

[Jupitus]

Sapphire HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 Dual DVI HDMI DisplayPort.. | Ebuyer.com

5770 at £95 inc VAT and free delivery. Might be quite a basic card now but mine has yet to miss a beat or slow me down. Probably not the best idea if you're gaming at 1920x1080 but damned good for the money.

Kryt - yes or no - is this the best 2nd gen card my lad could get for under £100?

 

[Kryten]

Yes, IMO. Might be worth keeping an eye on eBay for 5850's or similar from people upgrading to the latest and greatest.
Still use a 5770 myself and it doesn't struggle with anything including F1 2010.

 

[kirennia]

I've got a 4870 1gb Sapphire but am looking to get a dx11 card for programming purposes...it any better or will be just be the same but support dx11?

 

[Kryten]

5770 is a little slower than 4870 but yeah, obviously with DX11. 5850 is about similar but then you might as well look at the newer series, 68xx for similar pricing.

 

[Ch3tan]

Today only! Hewlett Packard (HP) V165 16GB USB Flash Drive - Computing at Play.com (UK)